GearJunkie: The Tailgate Gets A Makeover

If you own a truck, you know, and very likely love, the tailgate. A new company is trying to make this much-celebrated truck part a little better.

The Gear Gate is a replacement tailgate for pickup trucks that can pack a bunch of functions into a space that has seen relatively few changes in more than 70 years.

Made by Oregon-based company Hoodworks (and also manufactured in Oregon), the concept of the Gear Gate is to offer truck owners various tailgate configurations that will allow trucks to accomplish more with this under-utilized space.